The former Real Madrid boss revealed he would not be looking for new finishers in the next two weeks and that the Blues strikeforce have his full backing.

"Fernando is calm. He knows we are not going into the market now," said Mourinho.

"In the summer, normally a club like Chelsea is always trying to improve and get new players but he knows that we like him and support him and he knows there is no problem.

"Everyone needs strikers to score goals; the strikers are the goalscorers.

"If you have players in other positions who can score an important number of goals - better.

"If you have a Frank Lampard - better. If you have Eden Hazard - better.

Kevin De Bruyne is close to leaving Chelsea [GETTY]

“Everyone needs strikers to score goals; the strikers are the goalscorers”

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho

"But the strikers are the ones that normally score the goals."

But Chelsea are unlikely to go through the month without making changes - Nemanja Matic is moving closer to a return from Benfica and Kevin de Bruyne could complete his move to the Bundesliga sooner rather then later.